Samuel Charles Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich, PC, QC was a British Labour Party politician and cricketer.
13 Facts About Samuel Silkin
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Samuel Silkin was the MP for Dulwich from 1964 to 1983, and served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 1974 to 1979.
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Samuel Silkin's younger brother, John, was an MP and Cabinet minister.
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Samuel Silkin was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
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Samuel Silkin played two games of first-class cricket in 1938, one each for Cambridge University Cricket Club and Glamorgan County Cricket Club.
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Samuel Silkin became a lawyer and was called to the bar in 1941.
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Samuel Silkin received a commission in the British Army in December 1941.
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In 1963, Samuel Silkin was raised to the rank of Queen's Counsel.
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Samuel Silkin served as a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council from 1953 until 1959.
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At the 1964 general election, Samuel Silkin was elected Member of Parliament for the Dulwich constituency, adjoining his father's former constituency of Peckham.
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Samuel Silkin was re-elected in Dulwich and continued to serve until his retirement at the 1983 general election.
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In 1941, Samuel Silkin married Elaine Stamp, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.
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Samuel Silkin died at Churchill Hospital in Oxford on 17 August 1988, at the age of 70.